After a couple of weeks of grieving, I'm finally able to talk about my BMW. I was at a buddy's doing tire changes and a couple of other things. We had the bike on a lift, on center stand and a jack propping up the front end. But we were not strapped down...
Front tire was done - should have released the jack, but we didn't... Removed rear tire and were wrestling the old tire off the rim, about 6 feet away from the lift. Something vibrated somewhere and my beautiful bike went over to the right side and landed upside down on the concrete floor. No human injuries, but lots of bike damaged. Mirrors, windscreen, scratches on all the painted panels, damage to handlebars and dash. Snapped the back rest off my Corbin saddle, but that spared any damage to the saddle or rear of the bike.
Got it to the dealership and they crawled inside and confirmed my fears - bike was totaled - cost to repair was nearly $10,000, well more than the value of my poor bike. My buddy and I are just sick to death.
The good news is Geico is taking care of me. Their initial settlement offer was fair and we are just messing over a couple of details.
Front tire was done - should have released the jack, but we didn't... Removed rear tire and were wrestling the old tire off the rim, about 6 feet away from the lift. Something vibrated somewhere and my beautiful bike went over to the right side and landed upside down on the concrete floor. No human injuries, but lots of bike damaged. Mirrors, windscreen, scratches on all the painted panels, damage to handlebars and dash. Snapped the back rest off my Corbin saddle, but that spared any damage to the saddle or rear of the bike.
Got it to the dealership and they crawled inside and confirmed my fears - bike was totaled - cost to repair was nearly $10,000, well more than the value of my poor bike. My buddy and I are just sick to death.
The good news is Geico is taking care of me. Their initial settlement offer was fair and we are just messing over a couple of details.